" The Duke of Wellington called him "a rough foul-mouthed devil as ever lived"
similar to those used on the handle
(Luftwaffe Ärmelband “Afrika”)
made of a red cotton cloth
the reverse dated with the date of implementation “10 Dezember 1938”
Germany, Empire. A Telegrapher’s Belt Buckle, C. 1917 Auction Archive " The Duke of Wellington(Telegraph Koppelschloss). Constructed of magnetic metal, the obverse displaying the royal crown on a raised field, circumscribed Gott Mit Uns (God With Us) along with an open ended wreath below, a bracket is riveted to each side of the buckle via two rivets each for wires to be passed through, the reverse plain, a catch, and a standard dual prong spring bar, measuring 102 mm (w) x 47 mm (h), in fair condition.